Contemporary women's health : issues for today and the future

Author(s)

    • Kolander, Cheryl A.
    • Ballard, Danny J.
    • Chandler, Cynthia K.

Bibliographic Information

Contemporary women's health : issues for today and the future

Cheryl A. Kolander, Danny J. Ballard, Cynthia K. Chandler

WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Takes a balanced and comprehensive look at many of the health and social issues which impact women of the 1990s. The text emphasizes prevention and becoming a wise healthcare consumer, while looking at relationships and lifestyle throughout the lifespan.

Table of Contents

  • Why study women's health? Developing a healthy lifestyle
  • life transitions - infancy to early adulthood
  • life transitions - middle to late adulthood
  • mental and emotional wellness
  • enhancing well-being
  • managing the stress of life
  • contemporary lifestyle and social issues
  • eating well
  • keeping fit
  • avoiding tobacco use
  • using alcohol responsibly
  • using other psychoactive drugs
  • becoming a wise consumer
  • preventing abuse against women
  • sexual and relational wellness
  • building healthy relationships
  • examining gynaecological issues
  • planning for a family
  • childbirth and parenting
  • communicable and chronic conditions
  • preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
  • managing cardiovascular health and other chronic conditions
  • preventing cancer.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA56769277
  • ISBN
    • 0815106262
  • LCCN
    98024961
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Boston, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 462 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Classification
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